Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

[Stanton Sanderson]

David, Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. William, thank you 
for the helpful explanation of the somewhat archaic use of the cut time sign. 
And David, again thank you for your responses.

-Stan
 

> On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:20 PM, David Wright <lilylis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On Thu 11 Jan 2024 at 20:11:54 (-0600), Stanton Sanderson wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you for the suggestion, but as stated previously, I’m trying to 
>> reproduce the original from the Peters edition. The problem, as you point 
>> out, is that the cut C is used in the original. Whether 8/4 or 4/2 (and I 
>> agree that 4/2 is the most reasonable time signature), I was looking for a 
>> way of declaring the cut C. 
>> 
>> The included photo is from the piece (# 67. Vater Unser in Himmelreich by 
>> Johann Kyieger, from _80 Choral Preludes_, Edition Peters, No. 4440, 
>> Copyright 1947). I think I purchased it some time around 1959. 
> 
> You can override the glyph, as attached.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
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